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Originally Posted by Merkle923

Ah, the Ron Johnsons ride again.

This has been confusing ever since first baseman Ron Johnson https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ohnsro03.shtml was called up by the Royals in September, 1982. Four years later Kansas City promoted another September call-up, a second baseman named Rondin Johnson https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ohnsro05.shtml

I guess what's thrown me isn't the Ron/Rondin thing, but Ron's weight fluctuations. In the new TV listings he looks lean and mature, but in other photos he's either fleshy, pudgy or blimpy.